How does the principle of uniformitarianism help scientists? A. It is applied to explain past geologic events. B. It is used to explain the taxonomy of plants and animals. C. It describes the water cycle. D. It defines relationships in an ecosystem.
I'm can't give much of an explanation as to why so sorry about that but the answer to your question would be A, as the principle of uniformitarianism is about geological processes acting the same in the past as they did now.